Announcement of the Results for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Living and School Sports Support Project Competition

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the results of the ‘2025 Living and School Sports Support Project’ contest for local governments on the 4th. Through the contest, the ministry selected projects for three programs: ‘Regional Autonomous Living Sports Activity Support,’ ‘School Sports Facility Opening Support,’ and ‘Exciting Weekend Sports Program Support.’

‘Regional Autonomous Living Sports Activity Support’ is a project that supports living sports activities considering regional characteristics such as population structure and facility status. National subsidies are provided divided into ‘differential allocation (5.9 billion KRW)’ and ‘contest selection (8.1 billion KRW).’ The ‘differential allocation’ method supports about 350 million KRW per city or province for projects that have been expanded or newly designed by the city or province. The ‘contest selection’ method supports new living sports planning projects through a contest review. Fifteen cities and provinces submitted a total of 68 proposals (with a requested national budget of 12.2 billion KRW), and after evaluation, 59 planning projects from 15 cities and provinces were finally selected for support.

‘School Sports Facility Opening Support’ is a project that supports residents’ use of neighborhood school sports facilities after school, on weekends, and during vacations. The ministry will provide a total of 4.246 billion KRW to 13 cities and provinces. The national funds will be used for personnel expenses for managers responsible for operating the opening of school sports facilities for residents’ living sports activities, as well as rent, public utility fees, and liability insurance premiums. Especially from this year, the number of school sports facilities opened through collaboration led by local governments with related organizations such as local sports councils, sports clubs, and education support offices (schools) will increase to 298 locations, more than double compared to last year. This is expected to enhance communication opportunities among local residents through sports activities and revitalize the local community.

‘Exciting Weekend Sports Program Support’ is a project that supports youth to make sports activities a regular part of their weekends without gaps. National subsidies are provided divided into ‘differential allocation (8.7 billion KRW)’ and ‘contest selection (5.4 billion KRW).’ In this contest, weekend sports program projects from seven cities and provinces were selected, and an average of 220 million KRW in national funds will be provided per city or province. The selected projects include Olympic sports such as ice skating, golf, volleyball, cycling, and skiing, which have had a relatively small share in weekend sports program operations so far, allowing youth to experience a wider variety of sports.

According to the selection results, the ministry plans to provide national subsidies to each local government in February and prepare project evaluation guidelines to inspect the field.

Meanwhile, since the ‘Exciting Weekend Sports Program Support’ project has received high satisfaction from students and parents on site, additional contests are planned for programs operated during the summer vacation and the second semester.

A policy official from the ministry stated, “In this year’s contest, there were many applications from local governments compared to the secured national budget, so some projects were not selected. Next year, we will secure additional budgets and actively support the vigorous operation of living sports programs tailored to regional circumstances.”

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